Reed Elsevier Selects Workscape for Compensation Management

Multi-Year Global Agreement Encompasses More Than 35,000 Employees Across Multiple Business Units


MARLBOROUGH, MA--(Marketwire - August 3, 2010) - Workscape, Inc., a leading provider of integrated HR solutions and services, today announced that Reed Elsevier, a world leading provider of professional information solutions in the Science, Medical, Legal, Risk and Business sectors, has chosen the company's compensation management solutions. The multi-year agreement will service the compensation planning aspect of Reed Elsevier's global total rewards program for more than 35,000 employees.

Reed Elsevier's business units include Elsevier, LexisNexis, Reed Exhibitions and Reed Business Information. The company is committed to delivering products that help clients advance science, improve medical outcomes, enable better legal decisions, evaluate risk, forge business relationships and gain business insight. Operating around the globe, Reed Elsevier sought a technology partner to help support its complex compensation planning processes while supporting the autonomy of each business unit. 

Alicia Ford, Reed Elsevier Director HRIS, commented, "Compensation management is a critical factor in our organization's success. Choosing a vendor in which we could confidently entrust this portion of our business was an intense process during which we analyzed a number of potential vendors. We selected Workscape because of their unique ability to meet our complex global requirements, as well as their flexibility to support the individual needs of each of our multiple businesses while providing a consolidated view of total rewards."

Other reasons cited for selecting Workscape were the company's proven delivery experience in complex, global environments; the domain expertise of Workscape's services and support teams; and the depth of Workscape's product capabilities.

Tony Marzulli, Workscape's Chief Marketing and Sales Officer, said, "We're pleased that Reed Elsevier has joined the many global companies that entrust a strategic portion of their total rewards initiative to Workscape. Reed Elsevier is well known for providing high value and flexible information solutions to their customers and Workscape supports this vision with its high value, flexible compensation planning offerings."

Reed Elsevier's usage of Workscape's compensation solutions -- including GroupManager, EligibilityManager and SmartSync -- commences with the 2011 focal planning period. 

About Workscape

Proven experts in employee performance, compensation and benefits administration, Workscape is the only company with domain proficiency and extensive experience across these three vital pillars of human resources. The blend of Workscape's Total Rewards Platform™ and services helps clients solve complex HR challenges such as pay for performance, compensation planning, and benefits eligibility and enrollment. For more than a decade, Workscape has delivered the software and services that enable organizations to drive predictable outcomes through engaged, top performing workforces. For more information about Workscape, visit www.workscape.com, follow twitter.com/workscape or call 888-605-9620.